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Originally Posted by cityfan247
So we think Premier Sports is coming to VM. If its a standalone subscription i cant see many signing up. Is it £9.99 pm on Sky for ONE SD channel? doesnt represent good value to me.
Netflix is coming but again the feeling is this will be subscription based- £5.99 pm we assume. This is the same price as Netflix on other platforms - i have Netflix available on my Roku and my Blu-Ray but have never tried it as i am put off by the price. Again i wonder how many VM subscribers will pay for this service and how many NEW subscribers Netflix will attract ?
To me it would be far more sense to have a deal to include them in a higher pack like XL. the channels would have more viewers, the channels get greater revenue and VM increase the value of its top tier packages and get better subscriptions.
Now dont get me wrong - i dont expect everything at no extra cost but if these services were added to XL for example- also add the other channels rumoured to be coming soon:
Sky1 +1
Sky Atlantic
Sky Atlantic +1
Sky Atlantic HD
Sky News HD
Sky Sports F1 HD
Sky Sports 3 HD
Sky Sports 4 HD
Sky Sports News HD
Channel 4 +1 HD
Disney Channel HD
Disney XD HD
FOX +
MGM HD
Sony Movie Channel
News 18
Universal Channel HD
Then if VM increased the price of XL by say i dont know £5pm for many it would still represent good value - i think it would. And VM may find more people 'trade up' to XL in turn increasing their revenue and therefore making the deal for Netflix/Premier Sports etc better.
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I agree it would give Virgins XL pack better value having them included, however if they increase it by £5 I can see Sky running an advert with the following headline;
Sky's Top Package is £5 cheaper than the equivalent package on Virgin Media
Yes a few will know that it includes these things but most people will go "oh £5, I'll switch as that's £60 a year"